The Nigerian Government has
declared that it is making progress in the Niger Delta region.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo,
made the disclosure while addressing journalists after a town-hall meeting in
Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Osinbajo also disclosed that the
government is making “incremental” efforts towards meeting all promises made to
all oil producing states.
According to Osinbajo, “As you
know, this is the last of the oil producing communities that I have been
visiting in the last few months.
“Igbokoda in Ilaje Local
Government, the oil producing community in this state have also, naturally,
demanded a visit, so we are completing the round of visits to the oil producing
communities with this particular visit, so it is one of the consultations with
the oil producing communities.
“Every one of them is being implemented
and they are being implemented incrementally. For example we said we were going
to open the Maritime University and we are opening in October.
“We have said we are going to do
modular refineries; we have released the guidelines and licenses are being
issued. We are engaging with the communities, we are engaging with the state
governments.
“We have talked about getting
power to Ilaje Local Government, the contract has been awarded, N600 million
has been paid. This is a project that has been abandoned for over 10 years but
we are doing it and ensuring that power comes to this Local Government Area and
to this community.
“So, everything is being done, it
is incremental but we are taking them step by step. The Ogoni clean up as you
know, has already started.”
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